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Rakshasa Tantra

A story of five friends who come online on a video call to catch up and chat with each other, soon they come across a dangerous video on the dark web that is said to kill them if they watch it, but they decide to watch the video assuming it to be a piece of fake news created by someone. Soon after they watch this video, A DEMON who was once a powerful saint in the 11th century starts to haunt them. By the time they understand the seriousness of the situation, they get locked inside their houses by the demon called Vama Rakshasa. Will they escape from Vama Rakshasa? What does he want from them? Can a ghost travel through the internet? If yes, how? Why did A powerful saint turn into a demon? The movie goes on to answer many questions like this and warns us about the dangers of the internet in its unique way.

  • megha akshara
    Director
  • megha akshara
    Writer
  • megha akshara
    Producer
  • Sukesh
    Key Cast
    "Manu"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 40 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 16, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    28,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Kannada
  • Shooting Format:
    digita;
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - megha akshara

Megha Akshara ( born 17 May) is an Indian film director, actor and producer from the Kannada film industry. Rakshasa Tantra is her debut movie as a director and producer. After having worked as an assistant director in various Kannada movies and under the tutelage of well-known director Dinesh Baboo. She wanted to direct her debut feature and wanted to explore a different way of filmmaking, so decided to take up this project which had its style of presentation and challenges of making. She had to figure out various techniques on her own to make this feature as it involved shooting very long shots of multiple characters to be in sync to look like a video call.

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Director Statement

Short blogging and short videos have become the main content on the internet. You are subjected to these 140 letters/10 seconds videos that are trying to grab your attention. There is an old saying in Kannada which says "One who knows his food will not fall sick", and if what we consume online is food for our brain, do we know what we are consuming? does today's internet offer healthy content? do we ever think about the effects of these content on our peace of mind?

Rakshasa Tantra originated from the above thought and serves to show an example of what could go wrong when we are not careful of what we consume, presented in a format that nowadays is how we meet on this faster and wider than ever before, internet.